Written by Nancy BiniadakiCinematography by Dionisys EfthymiopoulosEdited by Panos VoutsarasMusic by Alexander MuellProduced by Christopher ZitterbartCo-Produced by heretic, Konstantinos Kontovrakis & Giorgos Karnavas

Based on the novel "Four testimonies on the exhumation of the river Errinyos" by Angela Dimitrakaki

Screenplay developed through MFI Script 2 Film Workshops. Thessaloniki Film Festival - Agora "Works in Progress".

Funded by Greek Film Centre. Produced in coproduction with ERT.

Synopsis:

There is an urban legend in Athens about Errinyos, an ancient underground river that nobody ever saw but which, one day during the 80’s, came back to life and swept a girl away. The newspapers wrote that she was a teenager, half Greek, who lived in the outskirts of the city and was found drowned in the sea, tied on a raft.

Present day. A young anthropologist is researching the legend and locates the people who knew the girl. They are her three best friends, now in their 40’s, as well as their history teacher, who is now retired.

Through bits and pieces of letters, tapes and interviews, these women narrate the tragic story that took place 30 years ago and marked their lives as well as the city’s collective memory. At first they hesitate but eventually they give in to a redeeming confession, hoping to understand how their lives got here, how their generation got here, how the whole country got here. Failed dreams, politics, ideologies and a conservative society, they all conspire in a small tragedy whose victim was a young girl.

"Futuro Beach" - Feature

SYNOPSIS

Donato works as a life guard patrolling the spectacular but treacherous Praia do Futuro beach. When he dives into the sea after two men caught in the undercurrent, he saves Konrad, a German vacationing in Brazil, but Konrad's friend is lost to the sea. While waiting for the body to resurface, a bond grows between Donato and Konrad and the initial sexual sparks give way to a deeper, emotional connection. The two men find themselves falling in love and Donato decides to leave everything behind to follow Konrad to Berlin. Far from the Praia do Futuro, Donato finds both confusion and liberation in the cold but vital German capital, and his journey for love soon connects to a deeper search for his own identity. Years later, Donato's younger brother Ayrton travels to Berlin. Full of anger, he needs to know why his brother abandoned him without a word. But just as it did for Donato, the intense pulse of the foreign city brings Ayrton many more questions than answers. These three men struggle to reconcile the ache of loss and longing, instinctively drawn to each other in search of hope and a brighter future.

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"Product" - Theatre Play

"I love your work, I love it. I've seen you do those turns on a sixpence? You're fabulous. And this material is going to be fabulous once it's punched up." Amy is a hot young starlet. Now all she needs is the script which will save her from B movie hell, a script which balances artistic integrity with blockbuster bucks. Mark thinks he's got the perfect pitch - a script which combines a torrid love story with the dark spectre of terrorism and big, big explosions. If he can only persuade Amy, he's got the perfect Product.

"There are few stage authors writing more interestingly than Mark Ravenhill. He is – it is now yet more evident – a searing, intelligent, disturbing sociologist with a talent for satirical dialogue and a flair for sexual sensationalism" Financial Times